The workshop was held here, pretty cold even inside!
Some CSAILers.
Birds in fall.
Last but not least, the lobster dinner!
It was also great to see several 9#ers there: justin, sola, theorist, and zig.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Gloucester
Had a nice day for the CSAIL Student Workshop at Gloucester, MA, though pity bad weather again. Thanks to the organizers!
The workshop was held here, pretty cold even inside!
Some CSAILers.
Birds in fall.
Last but not least, the lobster dinner!
It was also great to see several 9#ers there: justin, sola, theorist, and zig.
The workshop was held here, pretty cold even inside!
Some CSAILers.
Birds in fall.
Last but not least, the lobster dinner!
It was also great to see several 9#ers there: justin, sola, theorist, and zig.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Newbury
Here's the group outing today, at Newbury, NH, about two hours drive from Boston. Thanks to Silas for driving! Thanks to Frans for inviting us!
Lake Sunapee, pity the bad weather though. Actually that's just an island faraway in the photo; the lake is pretty large.
Aleksey was sailing.
Tubing is absolutely an awesome sport! Frans drove his motorboat and one tuber grabbed a tube behind it. Jeremy, Neha, I, Yandong, and Aleksey enjoyed it in turn, reeeeally cool! Besides advising students the almighty Frans was so good at cycling and making waves to throw them off!
Lake Sunapee, pity the bad weather though. Actually that's just an island faraway in the photo; the lake is pretty large.
Aleksey was sailing.
Tubing is absolutely an awesome sport! Frans drove his motorboat and one tuber grabbed a tube behind it. Jeremy, Neha, I, Yandong, and Aleksey enjoyed it in turn, reeeeally cool! Besides advising students the almighty Frans was so good at cycling and making waves to throw them off!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Newport
Just enjoyed a nice weekend at Newport, Rhode Island with mystery and riki. Many thanks to mystery for driving.
We took the Cliff Walk, which starts from Memorial Blvd. We exited around Marine Ave. There are many beautiful mansions along the way.
BTW, we even saw a rainbow on the way back to Boston. :-)
We took the Cliff Walk, which starts from Memorial Blvd. We exited around Marine Ave. There are many beautiful mansions along the way.
BTW, we even saw a rainbow on the way back to Boston. :-)
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The Longest Day
36 hours for the Saturday: 12:00 pm at Beijing, 9:00 am at San Francisco, 8:00 pm at Boston.
On the way to SF, i saw the second sunrise today.
On the way to SF, i saw the second sunrise today.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Welly: Rethink the BBS
In the past month I have been hacking the Welly BBS term client while waiting for the visa approval. I was fortunate to work with some amazing people: aqua, gtCarrera, and KOed, who are nice, young, and smart. I envy them. :-)
The project was initially a fork of Nally, which was developed by yllan and now is maintained by jjgod. It uses Core Text for rendering, much faster than state-of-the-art (ATSUI based) BBS terms on Mac OS X. Nevertheless, we don't want a general terminal application; there are enough good ones. Welly is tailored for exploring BBS, where we can also try fancy stuff for fun, such as Cover Flow and Quick Look integration that I finished recently.
One day Geoff asked me why Chinese prefer such old-fashioned term BBS sites. Yes, this is a little bit weird. It seems that most people, particularly on-campus students, prefer telnet access and the terminal way to present and exchange ideas. Some even spend hours there every day, as I did. We are using terminal emulators that have a history of more than 20 years, though they may be implemented via modern technology. Many term BBS sites also provide Web access and may use AJAX extensively, however, the core parts are derived from aged systems, mostly either Firebird or Maple.
I can still remember the days in 2005, which consequently drove me to get down to preparing for GRE and brought me two awesome years at MSR Asia as well. It changed anything, as least to myself --- I once had a dream of having a good job and a stable life in the city but gave up after the hard time. Thanks to better who stood with me. The immediate issue of Sci-Fi World, the most popular Chinese sci-fi magazine, came up with a Ma Boyong's novel titled The City of Silence, which quoted from the famous song by Paul Simon:
I guess I might be overacted at that time, but there is no turning back.
Here is the move within a couple of weeks: Beijing => Haikou => Beijing => San Francisco => Boston.
The project was initially a fork of Nally, which was developed by yllan and now is maintained by jjgod. It uses Core Text for rendering, much faster than state-of-the-art (ATSUI based) BBS terms on Mac OS X. Nevertheless, we don't want a general terminal application; there are enough good ones. Welly is tailored for exploring BBS, where we can also try fancy stuff for fun, such as Cover Flow and Quick Look integration that I finished recently.
One day Geoff asked me why Chinese prefer such old-fashioned term BBS sites. Yes, this is a little bit weird. It seems that most people, particularly on-campus students, prefer telnet access and the terminal way to present and exchange ideas. Some even spend hours there every day, as I did. We are using terminal emulators that have a history of more than 20 years, though they may be implemented via modern technology. Many term BBS sites also provide Web access and may use AJAX extensively, however, the core parts are derived from aged systems, mostly either Firebird or Maple.
I can still remember the days in 2005, which consequently drove me to get down to preparing for GRE and brought me two awesome years at MSR Asia as well. It changed anything, as least to myself --- I once had a dream of having a good job and a stable life in the city but gave up after the hard time. Thanks to better who stood with me. The immediate issue of Sci-Fi World, the most popular Chinese sci-fi magazine, came up with a Ma Boyong's novel titled The City of Silence, which quoted from the famous song by Paul Simon:
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
I guess I might be overacted at that time, but there is no turning back.
Here is the move within a couple of weeks: Beijing => Haikou => Beijing => San Francisco => Boston.
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